thanks for the heads up guys, I will double check that and see what happens.

Count me in too.
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yep, 14′ of water NW of Island tipped with a minnow.

Thanks for the info, I’ll post a report when I get back tomorrow night.

Fished lake Sugema this weekend for bass. Did not do too well. Our group of guys caught one over 18 about 6 that were 17″ and so on, not too great. On a positive note, cabins were cool, saw lots of people doing well on panfish and a few guys caught walleye while fishing for bass.

Walleye were 12″ to 17″ I have heard of a few larger ones that were caught. Crappie 10″ average.

Fished Fairmont twice since last report. Mixed bag of crappies and bluegill. walleye seem to have slowed quite a bit for most.

My last weeks reports:
Friday: Spirit Lake, high winds kept me in Anglers bay, I could not find anything drifting, so flipped some docks and caught a few nice largemouth, before I gave up,fished the reeds along the east shore and caught several small Pike. Nothing great, but may give it another shot tomorrow.

Monday: Fished Fairmont chain in Minnesota, caught some nice crappies in Budd lake. These were suspended in 22′ of water. also picked up a few here and there along docks / trees. Several smaller bluegill, and two catfish.

I know there are several guys in the smaller lakes around here that are picking up bass in the evenings.

bcon

The water was pretty green. In fact, I just luckily caught a glimpse of the smaller one at the boat, or I’d have never known he was there. Makes me wonder if there were others. The weeds, we fished the point on the North shore, the fish was in about 4.8 feet of water, we had just gotten to where we could cast out and bring in without getting weeds on the hooks. Article in Outdoor life this month about deep water jigging for muskies, makes me think with all of the fish we showed on the graph it might be worth a try.

Gary,
A big thank-you to you! We followed your advice exactly, and did pretty well. I’ll try to attach photos. Two nice muskies. Both off the points as you suggested, shallow water (7 foot or less) fishing windy side of lake. Also, know of two others caught today. Unfortunately, saw one floater when we got there this a.m. Thanks again, was a great help.

Thanks for all of the help. I will be sure to give a complete report on Saturday night or Sunday morning. Will be fishing by Fairmont on Sunday, so will include that as well. Is there a tackle shop in the area of French that would be open early? Jakes,Believers, Grandmas etc…are not in my vernacular, so I’ll need to stop and “invest” in some new toys. If not, we will make due with the prop baits I have and then stop sometime before we come back in the evening.

Thanks
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Ok, thanks for the info. A couple questions if you don’t mind. When you say visability is poor, should that be telling me to try another lake? Or is this not necessarily a bad thing with muskies. I know sometimes too clear of water can make things tough. Also, is there a correct speed that I should troll for muskies? I typically base my speed on the action of the lure I am using…if the lure is working right, must be about the right speed. ( a long way from precision trolling) I have heard that sometimes you speed faster for Musky? Could I use typical bass type buzz baits as topwater, or are you talking topwater like a walking bait / suick etc…Like I said, I have never done this, just getting the itch to try. Have caught several Pike in the 40 – 43″ range, but something about the pics of the guys with a musky. Also, you thought Shields would be a better choice for bass than cedar or clear, does shields have a good pop. of panfish as well? Finally, please bear with me, If you had to select morning (plan to get to the lake around 6am), or evening (can fish until whenever) which would you use for fishing the muskies? Thanks so much for your help. If you need info on any lakes further south (Fairmont, Iowa etc…) I’ll return the favor.
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check with swansons pheasant preserve in Niobrara Nebraska. One of the trainers there has put people on to some great dogs.
bcon

check with swansons pheasant preserve in Niobrara Nebraska. One of the trainers there has put people on to some great dogs.
bcon

Also do a search for boundary waters or canoecountry.com

Have only been once during August, we were satisfied with catching smallmouth.
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